Anyway to get an auger extension? My sidewalk is 4-1/2 feet wide.
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The shaft on this auger is round with no flat faces to allow a shaft extension. I ground mine into a hex to prevent it from slipping in my drill. I would not recommend this item for boring under a sidewalk but if you were to use it for such a task, bore from both sides and meet in the middle.
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Huh,, more info, are you trying to go under the sidewalk? One answer said use both sides,, good idea. They make a hose attachment that sends a jet stream with a pipe attaches works great. If your going under the sidewalk it's a mess no matter what. Tell us what your doing.
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I took it to a welder and he welded an extension on it, haven't used it yet waiting for weather to be good but am sure it will work fine.
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in this case, you'll have to drill it from both sides and meet in the middle
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It is Auger "Assisted". See Dave J. answer -- you have to push it, but it helps you a little.
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Hi Hope,I'm not aware of any extensions available beyond the full extended length of this pruner. I don't see how an extension could be fitted--AND I suspect if it went any higher it'd be far too wobbly to control anyway. Best wishes,Richard G
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Buy a couple lengths of black pipe (threaded) on both sides, a coupler to connect them and connect it to the auger. Works well.-Bob
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It would be very difficult to use a drill. Because of the length of the auger.
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Yes, standard threaded black pipe and couplings (available at Homedepot, Lowes, etc.)can be used to extend the auger to any depth.
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I'm not sure if they make one for a 1/4" drill but I have to agree with Mr. Jacobsen; a 1/4" drill probably won't have enough power to drill to any appreciable depth. I have 1/2" Craftsman and it will occasionally spin on the auger shaft in this tough Texas clay.
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Yes you can add 3/4 pipe extensions. My neighbor added 5 3/4" black pipe extensions to dig a shallow well.
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Yes just get two 4 " rubber adapters and clamps from your local home improvement store.
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yes but be sure the shaft has a hole in it to hook to the auger good luck i wish i could fix it for you
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I have 100' on mine. That almost maxes it out. I'm using the Craftsman black rubber. It works very well. Eley offers an extender which would accommodate more.
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look for an adaptor from 1 1/4" too a 2" just remember a class one has a much less load range than an Item that takes a class 2
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YES, you can therefore use an extension if needed. This is a FANTASTIC tool. Buy it.....I did Automatic repair out in Phoenix Arizona for 8 years. I am NOT a novice.
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I made my own tool. Take one of the bits (say, the pointed one), and cut it off about 4" beyond the part that goes into the drill. Throw away the pointy end. Now, buy a 3" piece of steel 3/4" pipe. Either black or galvanized will work, but black is half as expensive. Screw a 3/4" round floor plate onto one end. This will be the tamping end. Or a 3/4"-1" FPT/FPT adaptor, 1" close nipple and 1" round floor plate. Take a 3/4" coupling and screw it onto the other end. The cut-off end of your tool will fit nicely into the open end of the 3/" coupling, it's a tight fit, but it will pond itself in. This tool will all last for about 2 hours before one of the steel pipe parts breaks, but so what? It's all pretty cheap, and the cut-off tool part will last forever. I used this to tamp soil back under a sidewalk I had excavated under. Worked well. I also took a piece of hard steel, 3-1/2" x 8" x 3/16" and bolted it to a 3/4" floor plate. That worked even better.
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That's it. If you want a 10" hole you buy a 10" auger or widen it by other means.
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Better answer then my last one. Yes, it looks like the handle can be lengthened. The stem of the handle is welded onto the top part that holds the wood handle and the bottom is threaded into the auger. It looks to me like standart rigid pipe. It would be possible to use a suitable length pipe threadeed on both ends and a threaded coupling to fansten the new pipe to the existing handle, then thread the auger head back on. As I said in the first answer, I really like this auger. It works well in soil that holds together well but would be useless in sandy soil.
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havent had to do that yet...go to amerisun companys web page they have a exellent technical dept. or call them at 1-800-791-9458Im still haveing problems with the auger adjustment